Wood Harris

Wood Harris

Sherwin David "Wood" Harris (born October 17, 1969) is an American actor. He first garnered attention for his role as Motaw in the Jeff Pollack film Above the Rim (1994), prior to portraying high school football player Julius Campbell in the Walt Disney Pictures film Remember the Titans (2000) and Jimi Hendrix in the Showtime television film Hendrix (2000). He attained further recognition for his portrayal of drug kingpin Avon Barksdale on the HBO crime drama The Wire (2002–2008). Harris also played the role of cocaine dealer Ace, based on the life of Azie Faison, in the crime film Paid in Full in 2002. On television, Harris is known for playing Avon Barksdale in The Wire and Brooke Payne on the BET miniseries The New Edition Story in 2017. In addition, Harris starred as Barry Fouray on the VH1 miniseries The Breaks (2016–2017), Damon Cross on the Fox series Empire for its fifth and sixth season, and currently portrays the drug lord "Pat" in the Starz series BMF. He has also starred in films such as the 2009 dark comedy film Next Day Air, the 2015 Marvel Studios superhero film Ant-Man, the science fiction films Dredd (2012) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and the sports drama Creed (2015), along with its sequels Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Wood Harris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Birthday
    17 October 1969
Gangland: The Musical
Gangland: The Musical
0
Dirty
Dirty
5.276
Remember the Titans
Remember the Titans
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Dough Boys
Dough Boys
4.1
The Avon Barksdale Story
The Avon Barksdale Story
0
Paid in Full
Paid in Full
6.8
The Siege
The Siege
6.305
Just Another Day
Just Another Day
4.7
Not Easily Broken
Not Easily Broken
6.2
Dredd
Dredd
6.851
Next Day Air
Next Day Air
5.2
The Heart Specialist
The Heart Specialist
4.6
The Babymakers
The Babymakers
5.06
Small Vices
Small Vices
1
4 Life
4 Life
0
Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars
7.755
Rhapsody
Rhapsody
10
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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Train Ride
Train Ride
4
Above the Rim
Above the Rim
7
Creed III
Creed III
7.097
Hendrix
Hendrix
5.929
As Good as It Gets
As Good as It Gets
7.398
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Once Upon a Time in Venice
5.234
Committed
Committed
4.8
Creed
Creed
7.408
Ant-Man
Ant-Man
7.1
Celebrity
Celebrity
5.981
The Breaks
The Breaks
4.9
Joy Road
Joy Road
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Southland Tales
Southland Tales
5.2
9/11
9/11
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Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner 2049
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Creed II
Creed II
7.035
Always and Forever
Always and Forever
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Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
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Space Jam: A New Legacy
Space Jam: A New Legacy
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One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another
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